Participatory Local Democracy

Abstract: This report examines the origins and implications decentralization from a political economy perspective, with a focus on its promise and limitations. It identifies conditions needed for decentralization to succeed and suggests ways in which decentralization can promote rural development.

Author(s): Manor, James

Source(s): , Directions in development x, 133 p., 23 cm Directions in development

Published: 1999 World bank, Washington, DC (English

ISBN/ISSN: 0-8213-4470-6/

Link: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/1999/04/20/000094946_99033105561862/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf